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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... Loss of pain and ... weakness and #Acute ... #SpinalCord #Injury
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing ... or chronic Clinical ... presentation Acute ... may be ↑ or ↓ Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Hands or feet • Pain ... variants: (1) acute
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
and recurrent acute ... • R (Recurrent acute ... sensitivity) Clinical ... • Abdominal pain ... gastroenterology #treatment
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
inflammatory) • joint pain ... Ultrasound Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... exam and imaging Treatment ... ideally limit for acute
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
Acute limb ischemia ... blood flow due to acute ... are abrupt with pain ... Critical Limb ischemia ... #endovascular #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... on ABx) → Acute ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... presents as an acute ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... agent are the main ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sensitivity to pain ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... symptoms) • Acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
arrived w/severe abd pain ... headache and abd pain ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute ... microscopy #pathology #clinical